From owner-announce@net.bio.net Wed Mar 31 23:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Greg Beck" Newsgroups: bionet.announce Subject: FASEB Summer Conference Date: 1 Apr 1999 13:20:10 -0800 Organization: U. Mass. - Boston, Biology Lines: 420 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: kristoff@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <7e0nua$cs5@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net --------------AEC8C3BB758FB4D21E0A3978 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 1999 FASEB SUMMER RESEARCH CONFERENCE Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Vertebrate Immune System Sunday July 11-Friday July 16, 1999 Copper Mountain, CO Convined by: Dr. Gregory Beck Department of Biology University of Massachusetts - Boston greg.beck@umb.edu Dr. Manickam Sugumaran Department of Biology University of Massachusetts - Boston manickam.sugumaran@umb.edu Dr. Edwin L. Cooper Department of Neurobiology UCLA Medical Center cooper@ucla.edu For Application and Conference Materials: Adele F. Hewitt Conference Coordinator FASEB Summer Research Conferences 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814-3998 Phone: 301-530-7010, FAX: 301-530-7014 e-mail: ahewitt@faseb.org, http://www.faseb.org/meetings/ PROGRAM Day -1 Sunday July 11, 1999 FASEB Conference Office on site registration and distribution of materials for pre registered attendes. Welcome reception for participants and guests Buffet Dinner Day 1 Monday July 12, 1999 09:00 - 12:30 Session I: Evolution of Recognition Molecules A MHC Molecules and Shark Immune Responses Simona Bartl, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA Recognition Molecules in Teleost Adaptive Immunity L. William Clem, University of Mississippi, Medical Center, Jackson, MS Invertebrate Recognition Molecules Zeev Pancer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Evolutionary Genetics of Allorecognition in a Colonial Hydroid Richard K. Grosberg, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Immunoglobulin Analogues in Insects Ingrid Faye, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Evolution of J Chains Valerie Hohman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 19:30 - 21:30 Session II: Evolution of Recognition Molecules B Cell Surface Recognition and the Ig Superfamily John J. Marchalonis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ The T-cell Receptor b-chain from Sharks E. Churchill McKinney, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, FL Molecular Origins of Ig µ and v Chains Samuel Schluter, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Immunoglobulin Genes of Teleost Fish Gregory Warr, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Day 2 Tuesday July 13, 1999 09:00 - 12:30 Session III. Cellular and Humoral Responses A Reactive Oxygen Species and Antimicrobial Defenses of Invertebrates Robert S. Anderson, University of Maryland, Solomons, MD Studies of the Molluscan Response to Digenean Infection Eric S. Loker, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Role of Hemocyte-derived Tachylectin in Host Defense of Horseshoe Crabs Sadaaki Iwanaga, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Host-Parasite Interaction in Insects Nancy Beckage, University of California, Riverside, CA Insect Lectins and Innate Immunity Shunji Natori, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 14:00-16:00 POSTERS 19:30 - 22:00 Session IV. Cellular and Humoral Responses B C-type Lectins in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Gerardo R. Vasta, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Collectin-like Proteins in Tunicates David Raftos, Macquaire University, NSW, Australia Immunologic Properties of Heat Shock Proteins are Phylogenetically Conserved Jacques Robert, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Conserved Systems of Immunity of Long-lived Animals Peter B. Armstrong, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Host Defense Molecules Involved in Annelid Immunity Edwin L. Cooper, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Day 3 Wednesday July 14, 1999 09:00 - 12:30 Session V. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides A Cytokine-like Molecules and Invertebrate Innate Responses Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA An IL-6 Cytokine Family Receptor Antagonist from a Marine Sponge (Callyspongia sp.) Jane V. Peppard, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Summit, NJ The Invertebrate Phagocytic Immunocyte and Evolution of Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems Enzo Ottaviani, University of Modena, Modena, Italy Phylogeny of Vertebrate Cytokines Christopher J. Secombes, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Antibacterial and Cytolytic Peptides of Amoebic Protozoa Matthias Leippe, Bernhard Nocht Inst. for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany Phylogenetically ancient components of immune response in Anopheles Elena A. Levashina, EMBL , Heidelberg, Germany 19:30 - 21:30 Session VI. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides B Humoral Defense Mechanisms in Disease Vectors Godwin P. Kaaya, The Int. Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya Antimicrobial Peptides of Tunicates: Styelins and Clavanins Robert Lehrer, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Antimicrobial Proteins in Crustaceans Valerie J. Smith, Gatty Marine Laboratory, Fife, Scotland Day 4 Thursday July 15, 1999 09:00 - 12:30 Session VII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate Host Defenses A Prophenoloxidase Cascades as a Defense Mechanism of Insects Masaaki Ashida, Hokkaido University, Japan Hemolymph Proteases in Immune Responses of Manduca sexta Michael R. Kanost, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Cytolytic Molecules in Drosophila Cellular Immunity A. J. Nappi, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Cellular Immune Responses of Insects Norman A. Ratcliffe, University College of Swansea, Wales, UK Control Mechanisms of Prophenoloxidase Cascade in Insects Manickam Sugumaran, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA Eicosanoids Mediate Insect Immune Reactions to Bacterial Infections David W. Stanley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 14:00-16:00 POSTERS 19:30- 22:00 Session VIII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate Host Defenses B Role of the Prophenoloxidase System in Invertebrate Immunity Kenneth Söderhäll, University of Uppsala, Uppsala Sweden Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Melanotic Encapsulation of Malaria Parasites in Mosquitoes Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Nurse Shark Complement: State of the Art Sylvia Smith, Florida International University, Miami, FL Complement Phylogeny and Diversity John Lambris, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA The Complement System in Sea Urchins L. Courtney Smith, George Washington University, Washington DC Day 5 Friday July 16, 1999 09:00 - 12:30 Session IX. Insect Immunity A Thor and Dorothy: Unexpected Genes in Drosophila Immunity Deborah A. Kimbrell, Rice University, Houston, TX Regulation of Drosophila Immune Gene by Rel and GATA Factors Ylva Engström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden The Host Defense of Drosophila Jules A. Hoffman, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Drosophila JAK/STAT Pathway Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Immune Response in Mosquitoes Bruce Christensen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI CLOSING REMARKS Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Gregory Beck Department of Biology University of Massachusetts at Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 Phone: 617-287-6619, 6684, FAX 617-287-6650 e-mail: greg.beck@umb.edu home page: manduca.bio.umb.edu --------------AEC8C3BB758FB4D21E0A3978 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

1999 FASEB SUMMER RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Vertebrate Immune System

Sunday July 11-Friday July 16, 1999
Copper Mountain, CO

Convined by:
Dr. Gregory Beck
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
greg.beck@umb.edu

Dr. Manickam Sugumaran
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
manickam.sugumaran@umb.edu

Dr. Edwin L. Cooper
Department of Neurobiology
UCLA Medical Center
cooper@ucla.edu

For Application and Conference Materials:
Adele F. Hewitt
Conference Coordinator
FASEB Summer Research Conferences
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
Phone: 301-530-7010, FAX: 301-530-7014
e-mail: ahewitt@faseb.org,  http://www.faseb.org/meetings/
 
 

PROGRAM

Day -1 Sunday  July 11, 1999
FASEB Conference Office on site registration and distribution of materials for pre registered attendes.
Welcome reception for participants and guests
Buffet Dinner

Day 1  Monday July 12, 1999
09:00 - 12:30  Session I:  Evolution of Recognition Molecules  A
MHC Molecules and Shark Immune Responses
     Simona Bartl, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
Recognition Molecules in Teleost Adaptive Immunity
     L. William Clem, University of Mississippi, Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Invertebrate Recognition Molecules
     Zeev Pancer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Evolutionary Genetics of Allorecognition in a Colonial Hydroid
     Richard K. Grosberg, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Immunoglobulin Analogues in Insects
     Ingrid Faye, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Evolution of J Chains
     Valerie Hohman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
19:30 - 21:30  Session II:  Evolution of Recognition Molecules B
Cell Surface Recognition and the Ig Superfamily
     John J. Marchalonis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The T-cell Receptor b-chain from Sharks
     E. Churchill McKinney, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Molecular Origins of Ig µ and v Chains
     Samuel Schluter, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Immunoglobulin Genes of Teleost Fish
     Gregory Warr, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Day 2  Tuesday July 13, 1999
09:00 - 12:30  Session III. Cellular and Humoral Responses  A
Reactive Oxygen Species and Antimicrobial Defenses of Invertebrates
     Robert S. Anderson, University of Maryland, Solomons, MD
Studies of the Molluscan Response to Digenean Infection
     Eric S. Loker, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Role of Hemocyte-derived Tachylectin in Host Defense of Horseshoe Crabs
     Sadaaki Iwanaga, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Host-Parasite Interaction in Insects
     Nancy Beckage, University of California, Riverside, CA
Insect Lectins and Innate Immunity
     Shunji Natori, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
14:00-16:00  POSTERS
19:30 - 22:00  Session IV. Cellular and Humoral Responses  B
C-type Lectins in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses
     Gerardo R. Vasta, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Collectin-like Proteins in Tunicates
     David Raftos, Macquaire University, NSW, Australia
Immunologic Properties of Heat Shock Proteins are Phylogenetically Conserved
     Jacques Robert, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Conserved Systems of Immunity of Long-lived Animals
     Peter B. Armstrong, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Host Defense Molecules Involved in Annelid Immunity
     Edwin L. Cooper, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 
Day 3  Wednesday July 14, 1999
09:00 - 12:30  Session V. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides  A
Cytokine-like Molecules and Invertebrate Innate Responses
     Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
An IL-6 Cytokine Family Receptor Antagonist from a Marine Sponge (Callyspongia sp.)
     Jane V. Peppard, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Summit, NJ
The Invertebrate Phagocytic Immunocyte and Evolution of Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems
     Enzo Ottaviani, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
Phylogeny of Vertebrate Cytokines
     Christopher J. Secombes, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Antibacterial and Cytolytic Peptides of Amoebic Protozoa
     Matthias Leippe, Bernhard Nocht Inst. for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
Phylogenetically ancient components of immune response in Anopheles
     Elena A. Levashina, EMBL , Heidelberg, Germany
19:30 - 21:30  Session VI. Cytokines and Antibacterial Peptides B
Humoral Defense Mechanisms in Disease Vectors
     Godwin P. Kaaya, The Int. Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
Antimicrobial Peptides of Tunicates: Styelins and Clavanins
     Robert Lehrer, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Antimicrobial Proteins in Crustaceans
     Valerie J. Smith, Gatty Marine Laboratory, Fife, Scotland

Day 4  Thursday July 15, 1999
09:00 - 12:30  Session VII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate Host Defenses  A
Prophenoloxidase Cascades as a Defense Mechanism of Insects
     Masaaki  Ashida, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hemolymph Proteases in Immune Responses of Manduca sexta
     Michael R. Kanost, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Cytolytic Molecules in Drosophila Cellular Immunity
     A. J. Nappi, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Cellular Immune Responses of Insects
     Norman A. Ratcliffe, University College of Swansea, Wales, UK
Control Mechanisms of Prophenoloxidase Cascade in Insects
     Manickam Sugumaran, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Eicosanoids Mediate Insect Immune Reactions to Bacterial Infections
     David W. Stanley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
14:00-16:00  POSTERS
19:30- 22:00  Session VIII. Protease Cascades and Invertebrate Host Defenses B
Role of the Prophenoloxidase System in Invertebrate Immunity
     Kenneth Söderhäll, University of Uppsala, Uppsala Sweden
Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Melanotic Encapsulation of Malaria Parasites in Mosquitoes
     Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Nurse Shark Complement: State of the Art
     Sylvia Smith, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Complement Phylogeny and Diversity
     John Lambris, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Complement System in Sea Urchins
     L. Courtney Smith, George Washington University, Washington DC

Day 5  Friday July 16, 1999
09:00 - 12:30  Session IX. Insect Immunity  A
Thor and Dorothy: Unexpected Genes in Drosophila Immunity
     Deborah A. Kimbrell, Rice University, Houston, TX
Regulation of Drosophila Immune Gene by Rel and GATA Factors
     Ylva Engström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
The Host Defense of Drosophila
     Jules A. Hoffman, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Drosophila JAK/STAT Pathway
     Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Immune Response in Mosquitoes
     Bruce Christensen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
CLOSING REMARKS
     Gregory Beck, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA


Dr. Gregory Beck
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393
Phone: 617-287-6619, 6684, FAX 617-287-6650
e-mail:  greg.beck@umb.edu
home page: manduca.bio.umb.edu
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